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Thoughts on Aliens of Our Creation TOC Introduction Main Points Solutions? Making Room for Change Forming Healthy Communities A. Alien Entities A.1. Emergent properties Not AI A.2. Naming the Powers A.3. Are the Powers good or evil? A.4. How do the Powers keep their order? Domination System - Conquer, control, and exploit, with: Competition vs. Cooperation - between: Divide and conquer: Use human "flaws" to manipulate people: Bureaucracy: Specialization: Entertainment: Standardized Schooling: They are useful: B. The Entities' Environment B.1. Organizations of Economic Production Markets Firms Alternatives: Commons-based peer production B.2. The Capitalist Economic System Debt/Wealth Local business versus franchises "The Tragedy of the Commons" is wrong B.3. Politics Large Groups Democracy has some problems Tweedism : - Solution: Get money out of politics Gerrymandering: - Solution 1: Measure District Overlaps - Solution 2: Algorithmically Define Districts Voting Problems C. Controlling the Aliens C.1. Challenges to the Social Evolution Story Basic Freedoms C.2. You Do Not Matter The Hero Myth Your Isolation Is Deadly The Individual's Power C.3. The Domination System and How to Change It David Korten Riane Eisler C.4. The Non-Violent Response Walter Wink's Solutions Gandhi's Solutions C.5. Restructuring Technology as a Tool for Change Regulating Big Tech Restructuring Corporations C.6. Dilemmas and Dialogue Civility Mutual Aid Moral Values Elite Schooling C.7. Opposite of Unhealthy Organizations D. Social Limits D.1. Dunbar Number D.2. Cell/Body Model D.3. Structure E. Community E.1. Definition of Community Community Power E.2. What destroys community? E.3. Creating Communities Avoiding Problems E.4. Boundaries, Transparency E.5. Communication and Decision-Making Technologies Flowchart E.6. Maintaining Community Obstacles to Maintaining Community Avoidances Ways to Maintain Community E.7. Common Elements of Successful Long-term Communities F. Leader, Follower, Observer F.1. Followers - Dangers and Duties Americans are individuals, not followers (false) People are trained to be followers, not leaders. Moral Dimension - Good/Bad Effects The Dilemma of Obedience, Experiments Fear-induced engagement Follower Duties F.2. Observers - Dangers and Duties Observer Flaws Observer Duties F.3. Structure - selecting good leaders Experiment/Play Rule of Three Hierarchy Wealth and Power F.4. Leaders - Dangers and Duties The Authoritarian Trap No new leaders? Duties of Leaders Recommendations from Corruptible Conclusions Appendix A. Acknowledgments Appendix B. Citation Style Bibliography